Warmth
The smoke from a pipe is the result of the pipe being warm. The flame causes the smoke and as a result the pipe is warmed by the heat from the tobacco. Heat is the spiritual result of the smoke that rises from a pipe. I think of the smoke that rises from a pipe as the spiritual aspect of the pipe. I don’t see visions in the smoke, but what I do see is a dormant pipe coming to life to serve a divine purpose for me. It means one simple thing: Relaxation. And when I am relaxed meditation follows. It’s why for me a pipe is a tool that serves the Divine. Some might suggest this is just an excuse for smoking a pipe. Could I meditate just as well without a pipe? Probably. But when my Angels said smoking a pipe was up to me, a pipe is how I connect my Spirituality with an inanimate object. It is a tool. Nothing more and nothing less. Pipes have served this purpose for thousands of years with other ingred...